New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-16
WAS JEALOUSY THE CAUSEi
AN OLD MAN BRUrALLY MURDERED
ANOTHER MYSTERY FOR THE BROOKLYN POLICE TO
-ruRIa THEORY or THN CRIME

ArorurR MYSTERY FOR THE BROoKLYNP0L TO
sotyr-rHErs THEORY OF THx CRIME
A mvsterious murder was perpetrated In the
r,ghteeuth ard OF BROOKLYN Ga Thursday night and
the police busy yestnrdsy trying to solve she
,uvstary The victim waa Andrew Cox, age sxty, q
I.borss Who lived at No. III Ceatral-sve. and was
employed in o ssRd-pit at De Kalb and Wyckoh ayes
His dead body was found in vacant lot not.a away,
ut De Kalb and Irving ayea. by christian innnaen-
stein m,ikma, early yesterday There were eVi.
dences OF struggle In the ncghborood and the deao
man had been killed by blows on the bead. piece
nj hoard ,ueh M drivers OF dirt carts for seats,
was lying ciose BY the body and II bad evidently been
split over his head. 1t hlosdstainsd ana gray
hair from the dead mans head was fnokns 10 !" ns
region in which he crime occurred 10 sparseiy
and only few shanties are near
The man who discovered the body went fcr ponoo.
man and force of mon soon appeared to invssngate
tho matter Police Captxin Dunn took easfga INC ~,
bod, vas identified by acquaintance Anu ai'or ,'s
removal to the Fourteenth Precinct Police Ssa'on 'e
work OF 1nravelliDg tho mystery vas "oxa1 ~
4ound that the man last on THURSDAY nisht
lin a fellow iaborer, Martin kavney, age twenty.
fhr,,. There had been bad blood growing ont on
jealoasy between them tor some .'ihs - y" Sna
Stsnhonest. and was ON intimate terms with her,
Recently che had regarded kasncy with more fasor
and he and two other young men wSsnsSsr he
DRINK Cox would go to Mrs. Horau's house and make
: disturbance. On Thursday Cox and KaVney worked
I'M her D
away in dirt cart About 10 P m. they drovs up 20
= yin-milI at No. 1,34l Do kalbave., kept by George
Neal AID had drink Mead says that havney
seemed drunk and Cox was sooer Inc iast SEQ" VI
them they drove away together. -. g..
IA soon as this was learned search was MADE LOT
Kavncy tie was found at his usual place OF WORK IN
The And. nat and was arrested. His own aeuons name
the ease 40 aist him suspicious On his ay 70 work
he had TO pass the spOt where the dead man lay.
when asked il he knew o! The finding OF the Dody NO
rsnBed that or his way to work he the crowd and
Coxs body but it none OF his business anu 10 u'9
not'stop and make any inquiries On ms nanos anu
handkerchisi blood stains, which he SAID were
due TO the bleeda of hts He appeared cool ana
uuconcerned and told OF being With Cox on THURSDAY
night According to his story Cox was anu so
drove with him to his boarding place al Mrs horahs
and helped him put the horse in the stable and then
started Tor his home. He protested to know nothing
Mrs Koran was also arrested She denied al
knowle Ago OF Cox tor the hast six months ana saa
that he had not been Mt her house in all thai time
Two other boarders in the hOuse, named Smits ana
Berry, we're taken into cnAtoiy They ea'd tney were
abed before IL o'clock and heard no noise or dsturo
The police theory il that Cox and ksvney had
ooarre At the house OF Mira Herap, Oh which sne was
the subject sad that kssney paisnes ,nd hi. n
with 1t, splitting the board at the same une. .no
murdered mans head beaten in on the ief temple
and the blood had poured out OF scalp woana' ~,e
the lett eye and cheek had been badly bruised Zap
tain Damn said last evening in regard to the case;
thu mnr.Te. and t5a ma asa
aesi sans Tavnsy and coI .os,, and Kasnsy
Selis inst the opposite which would satorsiiv q"
Ths probably that the two uien guar
abOn their old ifcuy. and the result was tnst 10y
and eczt Coz over t"o 'sA
th AZ lie NAV have bean sonsone elisa ex-
meet some one OF the will confess kayney was sen
s. ny sasakns around the crowd when inc ooJ WAS
fouBd. ,S.~-..r,h d.. .
cipet STATION last evening and inquired Tn regard 10 the
crime He refused stats his eoncinsooa Inc poIee
decided that there nothing to hold the Two men
Berry aud Smith. who boarded at Mrs Horans mouse,
for and they were released last evening karney maae
M fnrth afat
other person who might have perperated The cne nAs
been found.